Parole Board Attacks Fort Madison Warden on Good Time
Des Moines reports say the board of parole criticizes Warden T P Hollowell for lenient practices at Fort Madison prison. They claim good time and honor time are awarded to most inmates, undermining the intermediate sentence law.
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Des Moines
Fort Madison
Board of Parole
T. P. Hollowell
Hollowell
L. W. Drennan
Penetentiary
Drennan
Anamosa
Kendall
College Education Shapes Marriage and Character
Interview with Mrs. George P. Baker acting dean of Radcliffe College at her White Mountains home discusses how college education influences marriage and independence. She notes educated women marry later, pursue varied interests, and benefit from self reliance, while Radcliffe emphasizes direct contact with Harvard professors and the tutorial system to keep students connected to living ideas.
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George P. Baker
Radcliffe College
White Mountains
Wries Olin Downes
Boston Post
Professor Baker
Poe
Harvard 4
Radcliffe
Harvard
Iowa business conditions looking up in mid September
Iowa business conditions are favorable with fall prospects brighter than expected. Des Moines sees unprecedented building activity, while farmers gain access to credit to expand livestock and feeding. Despite Europe’s troubles, U S export share remains small at six percent of national business.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Episcopal rule changes erase obey clause in marriage
Portland Sept 16 The House of Deputies backed the bishops in removing the word obey from the Episcopal marriage ceremony and striking the phrase endow from the dowry oath in burial rites The vote was 47 to 43 Also set to drop church office denial for unbaptized or excommunicated individuals and announced officers for the Daughters of the King national council led by Martha H Wurts Des Moines Iowa.
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Portland
Ore
House of Deputies
Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Episcopalian
Women’s Auxiliary
The
Protestant Episcopal Church
National Council of the Daughters of the King
National Council
Martha H. Wurts
Des Moines
Iowa
Weeks Hanged in Fort Madison Prison Murder Case
Eugene Weeks executed at Fort Madison prison after a murder conviction for Fosdick with partner Orrie Cross. The two maintained stances of guilt and innocence amid last appeals to Gov. Kendall. Sheriff Robb and Judge Utterback faced the emotional toll as Cross awaited possible commutation and Weeks bid farewell amid a highly publicized hanging.
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John W. Ball
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Eugene Weeks
Orrie Cross
George Fosdick
Cross
W. K. Robb
Weeks
N. E. Kendall
Kendall
Hubert Utterback
Judge Utterback
Sheriff Robb
Gene
Robb
Mattie Weeks
Governor Kendall
Brigadier Andrews
Matt Theis
Fosdick
Utterback
Weeks of Cross
Iowa Military Bonus Act Authorizes 22 Million Bond Issue
State law details a 22 million dollar bond issue to fund a veterans bonus for Iowa residents who served between April 6 1917 and November 11 1918. It creates a Bonus Board, sets eligibility, specifies payments up to 350 dollars per person, and imposes a yearly tax to cover principal and interest for twenty years. The act is to be voted on at the 1922 general election.
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Iowa
United States
General Assembly
State of
Des Moines
Treasury
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Students Army Training Corps
Adjutant General
District Court
Bonus Board
Towa
Executive Council
Equitable Life Building Contracts Awarded in Des Moines
Contracts for the foundation and erection of the Equitable Life Insurance building at Sixth and Locust streets were awarded to the Arthur Neumann company of Des Moines for 1.5 million dollars. Razing of the block will begin October 2 and the eighteen story structure will be topped by a tower. Mrs. Harry Bennett of Muscatine spent Sunday at the Emma Bennett home.
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Des Moines
Equitable Life Insurance
Sixth and Locust Streets
Arthur Neumann Company
Harry Bennett of
Muscatine
Mrs
Emma Bennett
Hurricane's Gal thrills at Fox Theatre with Dorothy Phillips
The Fox Theatre shows Allen Holubar's Hurricane's Gal a First National feature star Dorothy Phillips. The film blends sea and air action with a hydroplane torpedo boat and a smuggler schooner. Supporting cast includes Robert Ellis Wallace Beery Gertrude Astor and James Barrows.
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Motion Picture Theatre
Fox Theatre
Allen Holubar
Dorothy Phillips
Dorothy Philips
San Francisco
Mr. Holubar
Miss Phillips
Robert Ellis
Wallace Beery
James O. Barrows
Frances Raymond
Gertrude Astor
William Fong
Jack Donovan
Divorce Granted in Record Time in Marshalltown
In Marshalltown on September 18 a district court granted Mrs Helen Ruth wife of G H Ruth president of the Marshalltown Oil company a divorce within hours on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. She left with a decree after filing for the separation.
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Marshalltown
Helen
Ruth
G. H. Ruth
Marshalltown Oil Company
Ruths divorce granted without prior suit knowledge
The Ruths, married nearly twenty seven years with two grown sons, were granted a divorce after Mrs. Ruth left for California. The court approved a property settlement not made public. This follows another recent case where a divorce was granted without notice, that of Mrs Maude W Cook and Charles P Cook.
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Ruth
California
Maude W. Cook
Charles P. Cook
Iron sand from New Zealand shores fuels cast iron making
New Zealand iron sands along over 100 miles of coastline yield millions of tons of ore now being used to produce high quality cast iron. The resource has only recently begun to be utilized in industrial production.
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New Zealand
Comsat
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